Well, I purchased the game after seeing some videos a little while ago and it looked pretty cool, there was some rumors about the game having Co-Op for the single player missions and the multiplayer looked great as well.
This video is just the opening cut scene for the first mission and the first shot you take in the game, I did this so people could see the "Bullet" cam when you get a "perfect" shot.
Sadly enough, I have played the MP and to be honest, I am not impressed with it, the game would probably be pretty good on a LAN but it's Peer 2 Peer hosting, which means the host gets an advantage over everyone else. I played TDM and it's pretty boring for someone like myself who likes to have objective based game play. There is only 3, yes only 3 game type, DM, TDM and VIP, I haven't played the VIP yet but not impressed, it's meant to be a "Sniper" game, so in MP you expect to be able to creep around and not be spotted if you're careful.
Global Agenda came to my attention late last year with a lot of hype and hoopla promising something different basically a a MMO and FPS having intercourse, yeah like I said at the time WTF.
well I was still interested enough to follow the hype and see what came of it and while the publicity machine was running in overdrive (and I think more oriented towards MMO players) the developers were busy behind the scenes doing what they do best polishing up the game and sorting out bugs with a closed beta.
finally the day of release came and more details as to how it was all going to work with a conquest mode as a paid subscription although everything else would be free with the once only purchase price, which is were I'm at as I feel if I have to subscribe to a game then I go against my own principals.
without rewriting whats already been done and said I have grabbed a copy of a review through the GA site.
So I waited form reviews before buying and saw the game on steam having a special weekend deal so I bought it after the download and fireing it up I must admit I was disappointed with the graphics mostly due to all the crisp clean video's and studio gameplay trailers I had watched.
I went through the tutorial after I created a character quite good for a first time look see and to help tune in keys and settings, this also helps you assign weapons etc (has to be done manually if you bypass tutorial)
then off to a dome city ( the starting point for all missions) still scratching my head a little thinking OK WTF do I do now...so after wandering around for about 5 minutes I found places to upgrade craft and go on missions (later to discover all the shortcut keys for this) anyway of I went on my first PvE ( players versus AI) and probably a good time to mention there are 4 customisable classes ..Medic, Assault, Recon, Robotics... I was a Recon lvl 5 as that's were you start.
Not the best round of footy this week with teams that should have won easily losing and vice versa. Not only that but we had a draw between the Saints and the Hawks, what a let down
What has come out of this week is how the AFL is finally recognising the surface of Etihad Stadium Melbourne being of bad quality. It only took numerous ankle and knee injuries for them to do so, before hand they were denying the fact !!
OLDr tipping this week was pretty sad with the top score being 4/8 ( Ambush and Minny) and the lowest Ozbrat with a mighty 2/8. There has been no real changes to the leadership.
It was the round of sevens in the AFL this week with St Kilda's 7 wins winning streak coming to an end and the Eagles 7 straight loses also seeing itself finished !! All I can say to the latter is THANKGOD !! as I really couldnt watch another game of them losing Although in saying that you have to feel sorry for the people over at Port Power where there has been a 9 straight losing streak .. Not only that but their Coach Mark Choco Williams told them he doesnt want any part of the club anymore. Gotta love the way the coaches get blamed for the club losing !!
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It was a week of up's and downs for this round of footy, with 50% of the games being really close and the other 50% being absolute floggings ! One of the latter was my Eagles who are now in last position
It seems the Hawks are still surging forward with now 6 straight wins, their come from behind win on the weekend against the Dogs was pretty awesome.
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A quick note on a tipper falling from grace very quickly - Cfods if you keep going backwards...